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Hand control for actuating your bike's brakes.

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What's this "spacer" lever on the front brake lever for?

That is a brake quick release lever. Sometimes, our tires are slightly too big to fit through the brake pads when we remove a wheel from the bike. That quick release lever releases a bit of cable, thu …
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Campagnolo 2x11 Record with GRX derailleurs

Each time you shift, the shifter pulls the cable a fixed distance (for Campy, the distance varies slightly, but functionally you can ignore this). That's called the cable pull. Then, for each mm of ca …
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Can I replace my rear cantilever brake with a caliper brake?

You can't do this. First, by caliper brake, I assume you mean a road bike-style rim brake. To mount one of those, you need a bridge between the seat stays, and it needs to be drilled at the right heig …
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